GoPhilanthropic Foundation makes the case for more informed philanthropy, volunteering and travel by discussing the reasons children enter residential care and the impact they have on children. 

The objectives of this analysis are to examine the whether gendered and parental attitudes of caregivers in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were associated with their adolescent girls’ experiences of violence and girls’ attitudes towards intimate partner violence (IPV). 

This report by the Mental Disability Advocacy Centre (MDAC) in Hungary contains information collected during visits to Topház between 15 February 2017 and 18 April 2017 by an MDAC team with expertise in law, human rights, disability rights, specia

Claims of child sexual abuse and exploitation by foreign volunteers pressure Cambodia to crack down on orphanages.

An op-ed from Sean Callahan of Catholic Relief Services, Georgette Mulheir of Lumos Foundation, and Philip Goldman of Maestral International describe their partnership to prevent children from entering orphanages and transition to systems supporting vulnerable children in family-based care around the world. 

Catholic Relief Services seeks Child Protection and Alternative Care Senior Technical Advisor for its Baltimore, Maryland office.

Tophaz Special Home, a 220-bed state institution for the disabled in Hungary, is to be closed following a shock report by a human rights group.

This article from the Guardian describes the situation of the many children around the world who go "uncounted" or who "fall off the radar," due to institutionalization or separation from families. 

The 2017 OVC Applied Research & Best Practice Symposium will unite top academic OVC researchers with leaders of faith-based NGOs serving children around the world, seeking together to give empirically-validated answers to the question of how we can elevate care for vulnerable children.

The United States is the only member of the United Nations that has not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and child poverty in the U.S. remains one of the highest amongst developed nations.